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With over 17 million units sold and counting, it took Nintendo Switch 2 under 7 months to overtake the woefully underrated Wii U's lifetime sales

At least there's always the win over the Virtual Boy

GamesRadar

The inevitable has happened — the Switch has finally outsold the DS, making it Nintendo's all-time best-selling console

The original Nintendo Switch continues to do gangbusters, finally surpassing the DS's monstrous lifetime sales.

TechRadar

Nintendo sees surge in profits thanks to success of revamped Switch 2 console

Around 129 million gamers are currently estimated to be playing a Switch 2 console

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Google’s new AI 'world model' is already hitting the games industry, but it's everything I hate about artificial intelligence

Is AI good for gaming? That may be in doubt based on Google's Project Genie causing video game company stock prices to fall.

TechRadar

A gospel-inspired Super Mario medley just won a Grammy, beating Wicked star Cynthia Erivo and becoming the group's second Nintendo cover to win despite no nominations for the company itself

The 8-Bit Big Band previously won a Grammy for a Kirby cover

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Homebrew developer runs real-time ray tracing test on 1994 Sega Saturn — ancient hardware's untapped power revealed, more refinements to come

A recently published video shows real-time raytraced shadows in a game environment running within the improbable confines of a mid-1990s Sega console.

Tom’s Hardware

Nintendo does what '90s Nintendo could only dream of – sell out of the Virtual Boy

If anything, that's already a pretty bad emulation

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Can Google's Project Genie really 'make Mario and Zelda games' from text prompts?

Nintendo isn't going to be happy.

Creative Bloq

This obviously Paper Mario-inspired RPG is finally out "after 5 long years," and it's already getting great reviews on Steam and console

Escape from Ever After recreates the best parts of Nintendo's subseries

GamesRadar

Gaming market melts down after Google reveals new AI game design tool — Project Genie crashes stocks for Roblox, Nintendo, CD Projekt Red, and more

Google's Project Genie can generate games using the company's Genie 3 model, which is trained on prompts from Gemini. It's an experimental tool that doesn't even create fully playable games, but it was still enough to shiver the timbers of video game shareholders. Unity saw a 20% drop in its…

Tom’s Hardware

After Cyberpunk 2077 came to Switch 2 uncensored, Dispatch dev thought it "would be allowed to do the same" and is now "working with Nintendo on a path forward"

"I'll get ahead of it now and say that between dev time and the console submission process, we're talking weeks not days."

GamesRadar

Pokemon card event at controversial shrine to Japanese war dead canceled after China protests

A Pokemon card event for Saturday at Tokyo’s controversial Yasukuni Shrine was canceled and the Pokemon Company, an affiliate of Japanese game maker Nintendo, apologized following a backlash from China, as tensions between the two sides escalated

The Independent UK

This Nintendo Switch 2 case may not be the most stylish, but its storage space and low price impressed me

If you need a Nintendo Switch 2 case, this purse-like model could be up your alley — but it wasn’t exactly my favorite.

TechRadar

N64 dev spent 2 years making games for the ill-fated 64DD add-on, only to have Nintendo continually say they sucked and to "start again from scratch": "It was just really degrading"

"The rest of the time was giving them a prototype of a new idea every month with a quick proof of concept, then having it just be ripped apart in the nicest possible way"

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New Nintendo Direct reportedly coming next week, but don't get too hyped for Mario or Zelda - it's rumored to be another third-party showing

Already announced third-party games include Elden Ring and 007: First Light

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Tomodachi Life: Living the Dream has given the web a colorful new Nintendo hunk to shamelessly swoon over – Hugh Morris, a literal clown

Can you blame us?

TechRadar

Mario Kart World vs Mario Kart 8 Deluxe: which Nintendo racer stands atop the podium?

I love Mario Kart World, but is it actually better than Mario Kart 8 Deluxe? Here’s which Nintendo racer takes first place.

Creative Bloq

This Nintendo 3DS favourite is getting the Switch 2 treatment

Tomodachi Life is back with some major tweaks.

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Metroid Prime 2 and Pikmin 2 aren't coming to Nintendo Switch 2 Online after all, if you believe Nintendo: "We apologize for any confusion"

The GameCube hits might be benched for a while longer

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After superhero hit Dispatch arrives on Switch with mandatory censorship, Nintendo says don't blame us: "Nintendo does not make changes to partner content"

The chance is likely down to CERO

GamesRadar

Tomodachi Life: Living the Dream won't allow Mii and item sharing or any real online functionality at all, and I think I need Hugh Morris to cheer me up

This isn't Miitopia, I guess

TechRadar

I’m going to be one sad puppy if Nintendogs doesn’t get a Switch 2 sequel — here’s why

I played Nintendogs for the first time, and now I need to see it arrive on Switch 2.

Windows Central

80% of game devs plan to target Windows PC in survey — with only 40% for PS5 and Nintendo Switch 2, and 20% for Xbox. It's lucky the next Xbox is a PC then, eh?

Steam and Windows stays winning, as console support no longer seems to be a priority for game devs.

GamesRadar

Nintendo fulfills a 12-year-old promise by bringing non-binary characters and queer relationships to Tomodachi Life, and immediately breaks hearts by killing the game's screenshot-sharing features

A decade after pledging to make a "more inclusive" Tomodachi Life, Nintendo's finally making good – but don't you dare try to share screenshots of your gay besties smooching

TechRadar

Tomodachi Life: Living the Dream gets an official launch date for Nintendo Switch and Switch 2 alongside a hilariously chaotic trailer

Nintendo has released a brand new gameplay overview for Tomodachi Life: Living the Dream, alongside an April 16 release date for the Switch and Switch 2.

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